An Act to enable the Common Council of the Town of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, on Behalf and Account of the Corporation of the said Town, to issue Negotiable Notes, for a limited Time, and to a limited Amount.
Between 1793 and 1796, in order to solve a local financial crisis the Liverpool Corporation gained permission from the House of Commons[1] to distribute its own banknotes in denominations of £50 and £100.[2] Today versions of the original notes are displayed at the Liverpool Museum.
In 2017 Israeli technology company Colu launched the Liverpool Local Pound, a digital currency accessible through a smartphone app and which offers discounts at businesses in Liverpool.[3]